The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-07-13
LOSING FAITH IN DREAMS.
A Woman's Sad Story of Policy Play.
ing.
From, the NetO York Times.

From, the NelO York Times
1t was an old, old story that Wilhelmina
Helmbrecht told in melancholy accents yes
terday, but it had raised quite as great a
rumpus between her and Justus, her
husband, as if it had been an entirely new
riderhaggard romance, damp from the SEN
sational press.
Wilhelmina lives in Newark, at 80 Hayes
street. She is tall woman, with square
shoulders and hair of that rich pumpkin AMI
gold tint that would make her a prize for
Titan or goddess in Persia. Wilhelmina
did not feel like a prize yesterday, however
She looked much more like an unsuccessful
pool ticket as she narrated her unfortunate
experience.
She was all right, she said, until Mrs
Nagel came to live at the house. Mrs
Nagel was a believer in sudden wealth. She
knew more things about criss cross Dreams
omens, and things than all the Egyptian
astrologers in Coney Island. The minute
she discovered that Wilhelmina's mother
was about to become grandmother for the
second time-this was two years ago-she
took a warm personal interest in Mrs.
Helmbrecht. For woman in Wilhelmi-
mas condition not to play policy, she said,
were sure winners, she said. They never
failed. She insisted that Wilhelmina should
tell her her dreams.
Mrs. Helmbrecht promised to, and soon
after dreamed that she was cutting loaf of
rye bread. She did not tell Mrs. Nagel i'm
mediately of this ominous and inexplicable
circumstance, being somewhat afraid of her.
When she did, however, Mrs. Nagel showed
her how go which she should have played
the very morning after she dreamed of cut
ting loaf of rye bread, had won three sue
cessive times. That settled Mrs Helm
brecht; she threw discretion to the winds,
plunged her hand in her pocket, drow forth
two pennies without a sign of emotion, and
told Mrs Nagel to play them for her.
Her history subsequent to this small be-
ginning is not an unfamiliar one. In the
early stages she won. She made Soc, SO,
and SO IS. Gilt-edged visions thereupon be-
gan to be her constant companions Golden
cradles, camel's hair shawls, diamond soil
taires, and trips to the old country elbowed
each other constantly in the corridors of
her brain Meanwhile Justus was molding
iron in foundry at s15 per week and had
no dreams at ALL
1t has been observed by some veteran
policy players that the only difference be-
tween playing gig Of three numbers and
gig of five is that you can lose money faster
on the latter plan. Wilhelmina played the
uuintette. There was nothing too high for
her. for Justus gave her all the money he
earned. She deliberately made up her
mind to become a capitalist at once, heed
less of consequences. The policy shops, of
which there were three in Newark, held two
drawings a day, and Wilhelmina was
always on hand with at least 81 for draw
ing. When she was not there they knew
that something had happened. Nothing
serious happened, however, until July 4,
and then Justus unexpectedly occurred in
the role of a detective.
He had noticed with dismay falling off
in the family provender, to say nothing OF
the dresses Of the children and his wife En-
tirely unsuspcious of the financial cancer
which had developed in his wifes pocket
book, he did his best until he needed his
watch for a holiday adornment, end asked
his wife for it, She said at first that it had
| been stolen, Then she confessed she had
pawned it, together with his rings and all
her own iewelry. Then the whole story
came out. She had lost and played for
even. She had played his age, her own age,
fine childrens ages: she had played every
wav known to Mrs. Nagel. She had taken
advantage of every omen in the business,
but none the less the policy dealers had COB
bled everything she could raise.
,Justus Is kind husband and an indulgent
parent, SO he did not gag her and tie her TO
the car track. On the contrary, hetook the
navn tickets, told the millkman, the butcher,
The baker. who had been waiting some
time for their bills, to wait little longer,
and held a consultation with Capt Glori, OF
fine Fourth precint. The result is that
Mary Pabst. Katherine Wenzel, Frederick
Liberhard, Charles Miller, and Katherine
and Richard Schweitzer are awaiting trial
for violating the lottery law, and Wilhel-
nina has ceased TO believe in dreams.